The rhythmic fretwork of the bass guitarist is almost always an essential element in modern music, but when it comes to effects processors, most pedals seem to head for lead guitar stardom. DigiTech ...

Live looping has come a long way since Robert Fripp’s epic ‘Frippertronics’ performance, with the loop pedal’s journey from an obscure minimalist song creation tool to its mainstream application in ...

The never-ending quest for killer effects pedals is an expensive and time-consuming passion that most electric guitar players will have to endure for much of their playing careers (unless you're lucky ...

All guitarists* suffer from the same disease: pedal lust. In our quest to improve our tone, we voraciously hoard stompboxes – fetching little things with pretty lights that we mash with our shoes, ...

Without wanting a multi-fx pedal, many players are still in a constant search for ways to save pedalboard real estate. As well as using dedicated mini pedals, a common way of maximising the space on ...